Tanya Garrett’s scientific contributions

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Preventing sexual contact between professionals and patients in forensic environments
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April 2000

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Journal of Forensic Psychiatry

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Tanya Garrett

This paper considers the issue of sexual contact between staff and patients in psychiatric and, especially, forensic environments. Such relationships have been the subject of research in generic settings where a substantial minority of mental health professionals have been found to be involved. The effect of these relationships is substantial on both the individual patient and the organization. However, the issue of unethical intimacy is neglected by professions and organizations despite the harm done to patients they purport to care for. Characteristics of patients and staff who become involved in this type of activity are discussed and the particular features of forensic environments are raised in relation to understanding the violation of intimate boundaries. Recent studies call into question the assumption that such abuse is the preserve of male staff. Some suggestions are made for preventing this problem in psychiatric facilities.

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... Crewe (133) reported that incarcerated men may sexualise female staff presence, objectifying them and undermining their professional authority. There is evidence that female forensic workers are more likely to enter into boundary-violating sexual relationships with their patients (134). There is a complexity here which is that females in forensic settings are arguably in powerful "male" roles, and their patients in "female" roles in terms of passivity; but male forensic patients are often detained in secure settings because of their capacity for manipulation and deceit (135). ...

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Just Like a Woman: Gender Role Stereotypes in Forensic Psychiatry
Preventing sexual contact between professionals and patients in forensic environments
  • Citing Article
  • April 2000

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry